Emma Willis will front a brand new celebrity cooking challenge this summer, ITV has announced.
Along with comedian Tom Allen (Masterchef: The Professionals), Emma will present Cooking With The Stars, which will test the culinary skills of eight famous people.
The celebrities taking to the kitchen are Strictly Come Dancing head judge Shirley Ballas, all-round entertainer Denise Van Outen, actor Catherine Tyldesley, McFly’s Harry Judd, comedian and actor Johnny Vegas, TV presenter AJ Odudu, comedian and actor Griff Rhys-Jones, and DJ and songwriter Naughty Boy.
Each will be paired with a professional chef who will mentor, teach and take them from passionate amateurs to restaurant level cooking kings and queens.
The professional chefs who are taking on the challenge are British chef and TV presenter Rosemary Shrager, food writer and restaurant owner Nisha Katona, culinary expert and regular chef on This Morning Joseph Denison Carey, Michelin-starred chef and author Mark Sargeant, chef director Jack Stein, Korean food expert and TV chef Judy Joo, renowned chef and business owner Tristan Welch and Italian chef and restaurateur Francesco Mazzei.
"Across a series of exciting cooking battles, the celebrities will be trained by their mentor chefs to produce delicious dishes that will be judged by the remaining professionals," reads an explainer from ITV.
"The bottom two will then have to fight for their place in the competition, creating a dish without any help from their mentor. The result of this eliminator will be decided by a blind tasting judgement from the professional chefs.
"Unaware of whose food they are tasting, the greatest supporter could swiftly and unwittingly become the worst critic and vote for their protege to leave the competition."
Cooking With The Stars will air on ITV and ITV Hub this summer.
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